KSR-2 (Korean Sounding Rocket-2) is a South Korean
sounding rocket
A sounding rocket or rocketsonde, sometimes called a research rocket or a suborbital rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight. The rockets are often ...
designed by
KARI
Kari or KARI may refer to:
Places
*Kari, Jhunjhunu, a village in Rajasthan, India
* , a village in Mouhoun Province, Burkina Faso
* Kari, Tikamgarh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, India
* Kari, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran
* Kari-ye Bozorg ...
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Spec
* Payload: 150 kg
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Apogee
An apsis (; ) is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. The line of apsides (also called apse line, or major axis of the orbit) is the line connecting the two extreme values.
Apsides perta ...
: 160 km
* Thrust: 86 kN
* Weight: 2000 kg
* Diameter: 0.42 m
* Length: 11.04 m
* Launch: July 9, 1997 (1st)/June 11, 1998 (2nd)
See also
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KARI KSR-1
KSR-I (Korean Sounding Rocket-I) is a South Korean sounding rocket designed by KARI.
Spec
* Payload: 150 kg
* Apogee: 75 km
* Thrust: 86 kN
* Weight: 1200 kg
* Diameter: 0.42 m
* Length: 6.7 m
* Launch: June 4, 1993 (1st)/Se ...
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KARI KSR-3
KSR-3 or KSR-III (Korean Sounding Rocket-3) is a South Korean liquid sounding rocket designed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute. It was launched successfully on November 28, 2002 for scientific surveillance purposes. The first test flight of ...
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KSLV-I
Naro-1 (), previously designated the Korea Space Launch Vehicle or KSLV (also KSLV-1), was South Korea's first carrier rocket, and the first South Korean launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit. On January 30, 2013, the third Naro-1 vehicle built ...
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KSLV-II
Nuri (; , meaning 'world' in native Korean language, Korean), also known as KSLV-II (Korean Space Launch Vehicle-II), is a Multistage rocket, three-stage launch vehicle, the second one developed by South Korea and the successor to Naro-1 (KSLV- ...
General references
KSR-II on Encyclopedia Astronautica
References
Sounding rockets of South Korea
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
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